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The number of 30-plus bachelors, or "leftover men", in China's rural areas is astonishing. Some demographers estimate there may be 30 million, even 50 million of them thanks to the widening sex ratio at birth. But such estimation, to some extent, overstates the reality of rural residents' marital status. 在中国农村地区，三十岁以上的单身男性（俗称“剩男”）的数量非常惊人。一些人口统计学家预测，由于男女比例失调日益严重，这一数字将会达到三千万，甚至五千万。但是这种对于农村地区人民的婚姻状况的推断在某种程度上有些言过其实。 The gender imbalance may indicate the number of unmarried men, not necessarily "leftover men", is higher than women. But since a husband can be five years older than his wife, and vice-versa, the age gap is not a major concern in marriage. 男女比例失调也许可以预测未婚男子的数量（不一定都是“剩男”）比女性高。但是这没有考虑到年龄差距在婚姻中并不是主要影响因素，例如丈夫可能会比妻子年长五岁，反之亦然。 | 
